October 13th - January 13th 2023
HOUSE, Berlin
“The ballistic vest cast from concrete and bonded to corporate shirts is inspired by Allen-Golder Carpenter’s time protesting during the civil unrest in the United States in 2020. People fought enduring tear gas (considered a war crime by the Geneva Convention) and rubber bullets from heavily armoured riot officers. The collaging of guns, armours, and business shirts alludes to the invisibility of the violence of capitalism and the capitalisation of violence. The works speak of violence and weapons becoming as ubiquitous as concrete in American daily life, from the media to militarised police force.”
P.s. the Arabic script reads “war crimes”
Stone Soldier 1, 2021
Cement, dress shirt, aerosol paint, plastic, steel
On view as part of
'Very Friendly, curated by Agnes Gryczkowska
At HOUSE
Friedrichstr. 112B, 10117 Berlin
“The exhibition 'Very Friendly' speaks of violence that becomes an environment—an everyday landscape of somatic unease and confinement, filled with a sense of volatility, disquiet and alienation. Taking its title from Throbbing Gristle's song about lan Brady and Myra Hindley, the exhibition traces the moments of pre- and post-violence, the invisibility of systemic cruelty and the orchestration and management of fear. Political and personal uncertainty and the ambivalence of one's safety seep through the cracks in the floor and broken windows, implanting themselves in the scratches on the walls, moving silently and stilly-resulting in a psychological state that approaches madness.”
Works by
Adam Alessi
Davide Allieri
Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Beillard
Darja Bajagić
Blackhaine
Allen-Golder Carpenter
Romeo Castellucci
Maggie Dunlap
Adam Gordon
Anne Imhof
Jack Kennedy
Sibylle Ruppert
Throbbing Gristle
Minh Lan Tran
Rosemarie Trockel
Mauro Ventura